Record-keeper.



J. MILLER.

RECORD KEEPER.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 6, 1911.

1 ,O46,000, Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

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J. MILLER. RECORD KEEPER APPLICATION FILED Nov, 6, 1911.

1 ,O46,000, V Patented. Deng, 1 912.

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STATES 7 Josnrn .MILLER, CAI-CLEVELAND, 01110, lissIeNoR TO THE cnnmrioiv memes-1 COMPANY, or CLEYELAND, OHIO; A' CORPORATION or OHIO BECORDEKEEPE'R.

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it'known thatLJosnr MILLER, a citi-- zen of the United States, resident f Clevend,-in the county of. Quyahoga and- State Ohio, have invented certain new and usewhich I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, such as will-enable others skilled in theart to which 15. f keep track of all cash sales. and credits, of,

. the cashqdrawer, ,andjof any other detail 4 which will afterward facilitate balancing itappertainsto; make and use the same.

The objects of the invention are to provide the case of a register for commercial accounts with a'spaced record sheet or roll upon which the daily business transactions of a shop or store can be recorded, so as to money: paid out, number ofolerk opening the books and making collections; The inventlon comprises a cabinet con} taining a cash drawerand a closely adjacent movable case for the record sheet. In this compartment are located a. roller support for the record sheet,.a platform or writing table over which the sheet travels, a shield plate or cover for the compartment resting upon 'the platform at oneedge, and automatically operating mechanism for moving the record sheet along the platform tov suceessively bring the spaces on' the sheet in line -,w it li the edge of the shield plate. This mechanismi is preferably controlled by the movements of;.the cash drawer so. that as the drawer is closedthe record sheet will be 1, moved forward to expose the next succeed- -iiig space under the opening. 1 .The invention further comprises the c'om-. bination and arrangement-of arts and con struction of details hereina er described, shown in the accompanying drawings and I specifically pointed out in the claims.

'Inthe drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section on line A,[A, Fig. 2; Fig. 2

isa front elevation of the 'case with the drop.

door withdrawn; Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofthe-compartment or casefor the record sheet; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section therethrough; Fig; 5 is a plan view of 'the compartment for the record sheet; Fig. ,6 is a longitudinal section showing the hand rest,

and Fig. 7 is a plan view of the reeled record a sheet.

these views 1 is. the register case, 2 is the cash drawer, I3 is a compartment arap uc uomm i ittvember 6, 19.11. Serial no. 658,714.

rolledfor convenience in storage... s horizontally mounted in thesid 5,01ithef engages the :teeth of 'theratch the cash drawer,,which"fils so arranged plate 6. ,-A spring T retu in,

table 6 is exposedfor substaiitia .of each space. The record shes which the record is kept- "may legiblvupon one edge Specification of Letters Patent. Patented'Dec.3,1912.

ranged closely adjacen tito thezcashdr ei,

--in which-the record slieetpis keph r,-

aspool upon i lit Q Q-AIeQ -Q..l eetii compartment 7 and; immediatel A I roll is fixed a horizontal; shelfqor platejfi, over which the sheet. travels, after passing through an, opening .7 a't .qth e ;.ed,ge; offthe cover and preferably 0yer ..a=roller' 'R sheet is: fed forwardifwith mime movement equal to the' width titme thereon between the reeledjlines ;t; er goii. This is accomplished by. means friction rolls, 8 and 9 between which-flie and it finally of'cutting off the record obtai for inspection. i

A 11971111 e spacingof the recordslieehfs seciireglg'tod he shaft 14 of oneof the-rollers, .and a;-pa,ifl.15-,. pivoted at 16 on the lever. 16' i 16 on the wall of the recordcomipartment a he in turn. The pawl is actuated, to. turn the roller by means of a lug. lf "on.lthe,

closing of the drawer, and to jthe repgi'd -9. m. when the drawer unopened, aga n, ,In gth s 90 sheet in readiness for], another,

manner the record sheet is mqvee jalong l its supporting table, present ng tliQLfiPil??? cessively to view ,upon the surfg. offhe place. spring .S'is pr 1 to mainta n. a constant p ,A shine 19- just thiigi-slige'tf,

spending in turn 7. with. the ,riiled g nes E J Hai s in Fig. 7 isprovided with verticiah he I 9 3 111 addition to the horizontal llnes ads;v under The setlrail s' v passes nto thercompartment behind the rollers. A, knife-l paged-32se asto" '1 .7 r r-J this manner 15 separated; ntogrert cal spaces 5 25 a the curved rear. end-E enters a recess, in the Eter" case sufiiciently to expose the writing table or late 6 and can-beheld inposition by a fol lng'plate 23 upon the rear of the. case which when the case-is pulled out will engagev the rear wall 24'of'the case. When the case is closed the plate is-folded backand lies therein as shown in Figs. 3 and 4;. Theicover 25 hinged at 26 and lying over the cash drawer and record compartment can be locked by the owner so that the comof the case.

.hingmg a rest plate artment can onlyj'be opened and closed 1m. 7 Y

In Fig. 1 is shownfa form. of'cabinet described in a pending application Ser'. No.' 642,659'where a covenAis shown havinga curved rear portion E and provided with arms B pivotediatC to the sides of the case. The cover slides upon shoulders D, D, and

rear of the case. Flanges F,-F- on the edge of the-cover enter pockets G on the sides A convenient handre'st tojuse whenwriting upon the exposed aper. can be made by upon thefupper' and outer edge of; the compartment and 'a folding brace P? may be used to support, the

same when'in use as shown in Fig.- l in dotted lines, and inlFig. 6 a transverse baror rest is engaged by the brace P.

' Heretofore record sheet'shave, been in-" closed in a case in which there was also a cash drawer. The present form of cabinet is intended to cont-ain'the cash slips of a credit business such asa retail business ofany sort. The .upper partof this cabinet above the plate 25 1s filled with such. records. For 45.

this'reason it is'not convenient to' use the record sheet in the tcabinet unless it is inclosedin a separatecase slidable in the cabinet roper, so that the record sheet case can be rawn forward for use. Hence-the case -must be drawn out of the cabinetuntil the record-sheet resting upon the platform 6 is visible, and can be written upon. .It is rei tained in this position by means of the pivthe record. At night the record case'.=is H 'o'ted member, 23 until the.' days record is made, andwhen' the added rest? is drawn up the-hand can rest thereon, while entering pushed back into the cabinet and the hand rest closed down into the recess made to receive g The, ratchet mechanism ,is operatedby the lug 17 upon the cash drawer'whenthe record case , Hav ng s ream ng; invention what I,

pulledout into outwardly prol- I v betweenwhichlsaidsheet passes, means for ret aming the record sheetcase in an extended claim as new and,desire to secure by Letters vPatent 1S 1. lhecon1bination'of. an inclosing case, a

record sheet case slidable inand out in said inclosmg case and having a platform over said platform permitting writing on the sheet, means for advancing the record sheet, and means for retaining the record sheet case in. outwardly-projecting position.

The combination of an inclosing case, a-

record sheet case slidablein and out in said 24lof the record sheet case.

3. In'combin'ationwith acabinet, a case for a record.'she.et slidable therein, a cash drawer adjacent. to said record case and 'slidable in said cabinet, a roller in said case 1011. which the sheet is wound,- a platform over-which said sheet travels, a 'movable shield thereover provided with an opening o 7o which said sheet travels and an opening over inclosing case and having a platform over which said sheet travels and an opening for advancing the record sheet, and means for over said platform, apair of rollers behind V said platform and between which said sheet travels, one roller being located above the line of surface of the sheet and the other below the same, a knife edge behind the rollers and along which'the sheet can be torn across,

and mechanism in said. movable case for operating said rollers intermittently said mechanism operated by said cash drawer.-

4:- The combination with an inc'losing cabinet, a record sheet case slidable in and out said inclosing caseand havinga platform over which said sheet travels, a roll in the front part of the case in which the record sheet is wound, a guide roller for said sheet in front of said platform, a movable shield plate pivoted on said case, and having its forward edge resting on said platform, and

presenting a straight edge thereon, a pair of rollers in saidcase between which. said.

sheet travels and by means of which motion is imparted thereto, a-pivoted member in the rear of said case adapted to fold back to engage therear wall of thecabinetwhen the record case is ulled out, a hand rest pivoted onthe upper I porting means therefor, and a horizontal movable plate in said ca cover said record sheet case. a

5. The combination with 'an inclosing cabibi net, arranged to out wall ofthe case and supnet, of a cash drawer anda record sheet I case slidably movable;- in the lower portion of said cabinet, a roll in said case in which a spaced record sheet is stored, .an' elevated platform in said case over'which said'record sheet is drawn, a pair of operating rolls position, a foldin hand rest upon the front end of said recor sheet case, and means automatically operated by the movement of the cash drawer for advancing said record sheet one space at a time.

form over which said sheet is drawn, a shield plate coverin the said record sheet, and having a straig t edge alining in. turn with the spaces-on said record sheet, said record sheet case slidable in and out said cabinet to expose said record sheet on said platform, a cover plate in said cabinet over said case, means for retaining the record sheet case in the outwardly projecting position, a folding hand rest forming the outer wall of said case when the case is returned to the cabinet, a sliding drawer in said cabinet, and means operatively connected with said drawer for advancing the said .record sheet one space, when said sliding drawer is pushed into the said cabinet.

7. In combination, with a cabinet, a case for a record sheet slidable thereon, a roll, a spaced re'cordsheet mounted thereon, a platform on which said sheet is designed to travel a shield plate over said record sheet and platform, said shield plate provided with an edge adjacent to which the record can be inscribed upon the record sheet, an automatically acting mechanism for giving an intermittent movement to the record sheet, said case for said record sheet slidable out of said' cab'inet, a rearwardly extended foldable hand rest and a recess in the outer end of the said case adapted to receive said hand rest when folded.

8. In combination with an inclosing cabi- 'net, a cash drawer and an adjacent receptacle for a spaced record sheet slidable in said cabinet, a platform in'said record sheet case over which said record sheet travels. a shield thereover, a pair of friction rolls between which said sheet passes, pawl and ratchet mechanism for operating said rollers, a device on said cash"drawer adapted to oper'ate said pawl and ratchet device, when said record sheet case is drawn out, and said cash drawer is closed to move forward said record sheet onev space, and means for retaining'the case for the record sheet in-an outwardly projecting position.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand-this 2d day of October 1911.

JOSEPH MILLER 'In presence of- M. Mormon, MORRIS G. NORTON. 

